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The meanings of crypto- and occult have amazing parallels.

crypto: a person having a secret allegiance to a political creed, especially communism

crypto-: concealed; secret: cryptogram. from Greek kruptos ‘hidden’.

occult: • beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or experience; mysterious

• communicated only to the initiated; esoteric

• verb: cut off from view by interposing something